Coin-controlled apparatus.



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COIN CONTROLLED APPARATUS,

APPLICATION FILED AUG.12. |914.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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OTTO JAEGER, 0F PHIELPHI, PENNSYIANIA, ASSIGNOB., BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, T0 INDUSTRIAL SERVICE COMP, OFYPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

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To all lwhom 'it may concern Be it known that I, Or'ro JAEGER, citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Coin- Controlled Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification. v

My `invention relates to improvements 1n coin-controlled apparatus for yvending machines in which are employed a member, termed an operating member, vadapted to be operated by hand, a member, termed an operated member, adapted when operated to actuate the dispensing devices of the vending machine, and coin-controlled means adapted to cause the operating member to operate the operated member when the operating member is actuated by hand after the insertion of a coin. v

The object of my invention is to provide a novel, simple and eiicient coin-controlled means for connecting the operating member to the operated member and for discharging the coin after the operation of said members. According to my invention, the said novel means provides, first, for the utilization of the weight of a true coin yas a means of detecting false coins and preventing them from connecting said members, secondly, for the utilization of the diameter of a true coin as a means of detecting false coins and preventing them from connecting said members, thirdly, for the discharge of. true coins and false coins into dierent receptacles for the return of the false coins to the persons inserting them into the apparatus, if desired, and, fourthly, for various noel and advantageous operations.

luv invented apparatus consists of the elements and the combinations of them hereinafter fully described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a vertical section through my improved apparatus, taken longitudinally through the chambers containing the coin-controlled mechanism and the articles to be dispensed or vended. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the apparatus, partly broken away and having the outer casing removed, and showing a true coin in position Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led August 12, 191.4. Serial No. 858,346.

within the machine, connecting' the operating and operated members. Fig. 3 is aview parts shown in Fig. 2, showing the position thereof after the depression of the operating member after the insertion of a true coin. Fig. 5 is a view of the parts shown in Fig. 4, afterl the release of the operating member, showing the position thereof just before it reaches its upper or normal position and just before the release of the operated member. Fig. 6 is a vertical section on line 6 6 of Fig. 2, including the outer` casing. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section, on line 7 7 of Fig. 1. Figs. 8, 9 and 10 are horizontal sections through the coin-controlled mechanism, on lines 8 8, 9 9 and 10-10, respectively of Fig. Fig. 11 is a vertical section through the eJecting mechanism for the articles to be dispensed, on line 11-11 o f Fig. 1.

AReferring to the drawings, 2 designates the base of the machine or apparatus, 3 a supporting frame or structure rising from the base 2, and 4 an outer casing resting on the base 2 and inclosing the entire frame or structure 8 and the parts carried thereby.

The structure 3 and casing 4 inclose two chambers or compartments 12 and13, one 12 being adapted to contain the articles to be dispensed or vended by devices operated by the' coin-controlled mechanism, and the other 13 being adapted to contain the coincontrolled mechanism.

Extending vertically through the compartment 13 are two members 14 and 15 herein termed an operating member 14 and an operated member 15, respectively. rl`he operating member 14 is mounted to slide Vertically in bearings in plates 16 forming part of the supporting frame 3; and the member 14 is maintained normally elevated in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by a spring 17, one end of which is attached to the member 14 and the other end of which is attached to the plate 16. lThe upper portion of the member 1'4 extends above thecasing 4 and is provided with a suitable knob or handle 18 by means of which it may be depressed by hand. The operated member l5 is mounted to slide vertically in bearings in the plate 16 and in a bracket 19 on the supporting frame 3; and the member 15 is maintained 'normally elevated in the position shown .in Fig. 2 by a suitable spiral spring 20 having one end attached to thel supportingframe 3 and the other end attached to a shaft 21 carrying a gear segment 22 which co-acts with the teeth of a gear rack 23 formed on the lower portion of the member 15. The shaft 21 is mounted to turn in suitable bearings 24 on plates 25 which extend upwardly from the base 2.

Normally the operating member 14 may be depressed by hand without a'ecting the operated member 15. When, however, a coin 26 of the proper size and weight is inserted into the machine, the members 14 and 15 will be connected, and, when the operating member 14 is depressed, the operated member 15 will also be depressed against the action of its spring 20; and 1 shall now describe the coin-controlled devices for connecting the said members and for detecting false coins and preventing them from connecting said members.

Extending horizontally from the operating member 14 are two arms 27 and 28. The arm 27 carries a peripherally grooved roller 29 and the arm 28 carries an arm 30 having its upper end pivoted to the arm 28, at 31, and depending from its pivot 31 and adapted to swing thereon toward and from the roller 29. rIhe arm 30 and roller 29 are spaced from each other, and the side of the arm 30 facing the roller 29 has a vertical groove formed therein, as shown. The arm 30 and roller 29 are adapted to receive the coin 26 between them, the lateral edges of the coin entering the grooves in the arm and the roller; and, for directing the coin 26 to the position shown in Fig. 2 1 provide a suitable slot or passageway 32, into the upper end of which a coin may be inserted from the exterior of the machine, and from the lower end of which the coin will drop between the roller 29 and the arm 30 and into the position shown. The slot 32 is arranged to cause the coin to take a zig-zag course in passing therethrough so that the walls of the slot may act as baiies in preventing tampering with 'the mechanism by v devices inserted into the upper end of the slot 32.

The arm 30 has a projecting pin 33 extending therefrom in a direction away from the roller 29 and which is screw-threaded and has an adjustable weight 34 screwed thereon. This weight 34 causes the arm 30 to swing normally from the position shown in Fig. 2 to the position shown in Fig. 3. When the arm 30 is in the normal position shown in Fig. 3 and a coin 26 of the proper weight and size to operate the machine is inserted into the slot 32 and falls into the space between the arm 30.and roller 29, the coin 26 swings the arm 30 from the position inermi shown in Fig. 3 to the position showniii Fig. 2 and rests upon a pin or support 35 located below the space between the arm 30 and roller 29 and projecting from an arm 36 which is secured to and extends from the upper end of the operated member 15. The coin 26 also rests'between a plate 37 extending'upwardly from the arm 36 and a plate 38 extending downwardly from and forming a continuation of oneside wall of the slot 32. The lower end of the arm 30 is provided with a tooth 39l adapted to engage a tooth 40 on the operated member 15; and the teeth 39 and 40 are related to each other so that when the arm 30 is in the position shown in Fig. 3', the tooth 39 will clear the tooth 4 0 when the operating member 14 and therewith the arm 30 are depressed, and so that when the arm 30 is moved to the position shown in Fig. 2, by the insertion of the coin 26, the tooth 39 will be in position to engage the tooth 40 and thereby connect the members 14 and 15 and cause them to be depressed as a unit when the operating meinber 14 is depressed.

In operating the machine, the operating member 14 should be depressed from the p0- sition shown in Fig. 2 to a slight distance below the position shown in Fig. 4, and to prevent thereturn of the member 14 to the normal position shown in Fig. 2 before it has been so depressed, 1 provide a stop pawl 41 adapted to coact with a series of teeth 42 on a block secured to the operating member 14. r1`he pawl 41 is pivoted at 43, to a bracket 44 on the supporting frame 3 and is held normally in the horizontal position shown by a spring 45 connected to and extending between the pawl 41 and a part of the supporting frame 3. When the member 14 is in the uppermost or normal position shown in Fig. 2, the pointed end of the pawl f 41 is below the series of teeth 42, and when the member 14 is in the lowered position shown in Fig. 4, the pointed end of the pawl 41 is above the seriesof teeth 42. Therefore, when the member 14 starts downwardly, the teeth 42 will engage and ride over the pointed end of the pawl 41 and direct it downwardly from its pivot point 43, so that it will act against the teeth 42 and prevent upward movement of the member 14 until the member 14 reachesl the position shown in Fig. 2 and the entire series of teeth 42 have cleared the pawl and-it is returned by the spring 45 to the normal horizontal position shown. On the other hand, when the member 14 starts upwardly from the position shown in Fig. 4, the teeth 42 will engage and ride over the pointed end of the pawl 41 and direct it upwardly from its pivot 43, so that it will act against the teeth and prevent downward movement of the member 14 until the member 14 reaches its uppermost or normal position and the entire mamar series of teeth 42V have cleared the pawl 41 and it is returned to its normal, horizontal position shown.

After the members 14 and 15 have been depressed to the position shown in Fig. 4 and released, the operated member 15 is temporarily prevented from returning to the position shown in Fig. 2, for a purpose here- Y inafter explained, by a latch device comprising an arm 46 having its lower end pivoted,

fat 47, tothe bracket 19. The arm 46 is drawn toward and rests against a tooth or ber 15 and is positionedto be drawn by the spring 49 over the tooth or projection 48 on the member 15 when the member 15 is depressed to the position shown in Fig. 4.

It will, therefore be understood that after the members 14 and 15 have been depressed to the position shown in Fig. 4 and released, the latch arm 46 will prevent the spring 20 from raising the member 15 when the spring 17 raises the member 14. rllhe upper portion of the latch arm 46 is beveled or inclined, at 52, and so related to the arm 28 that just before the member 14 reaches the limit of its upward movement, the arm 28 will engage the beveled portion 52 and move the latch arm 46 away from the member 15 and free the tooth 51 from the projection 48 on the member 15, and thus permit the spring 20 to raise the member 15 to the position shown in Fig. 2. The upper end of the latch arm 46 is held in place between the plate 50 and a plate or bracket 53 secured thereto.

ln order that false coins, which will not operate the machine, may be returned to the persons who insert them into the machine, l

' provide an inclined chute 54 on the supporting frame 3, the chute having its lower end open at the front of the machine and being provided with a` bracket 55 which will support a false coin partially within the lower end of the chute and partially extending therefrom to be withdrawn by hand. The

upper end of the chute 54 is positioned to receive the false coins from between the arm 30 and roller 29 upon the initial downward movement of the operating member 14, as follows: Should a person insert a false coin of insutlicient weight or insufficient diameter to move the arm 30 far enough to bring the tooth 39 on the arm 30 into a position over the tooth 40, the operated member 15 will be unaffected bv the downward movement of the operating member 14, and, therefore, when the operating member 14 Yis depressed,

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the roller 29 will be moved downwardly, while the arm 30 and pin 35, supporting the false.

coin, remain in the normal position shown in Fig. 2. Now then, during the initial downward movement of the roller 29, the false coin will move toward the upper end of the chute 54 by gravity and down upon a support 57 carried by the arm 36 and extending beneath the coin; and, as the roller 29 continues its downward movement, the false coin will roll over the same and into the chute 54 and down to the lower end thereof and rest against the bracket 55.

rllhe operated member 15 may actuate any suitable means for dispensing any suitable articles Afrom the apparatus. rllhe articles herein shown, to be dispensed, are folded sheets of paper 58` stacked one upon the other within the chamber or container 12, and the means actuated by the operated member 15 for dispensing the articles 58 is as follows: Supported on suitable rollers 59 beneath the shaft 21 is a carriage 60 which isfitted to run in a guideway 61 formed between the plates 25 hereinbefore referred to. rlhe carriage is provided with a gear rack 62 which coacts with a gear wheel 63 onthe shaft 21, whereby when the shaft I21 is turned, the carriage 60 will be moved longitudinally within its guideway 61. The guideway 61 extends beneath the chambers 12 and 13 and the forward end of the carriage 60 is provided with a bracket 64 which extends upwardly through a slot 65 in a plate 66 which forms a horizontal bottom wall for the chamber or container" sheets of paper are folded so that each comprises a body portion 70 shaped to fit the container 12 and an end portion 71 folded at' 72 and extending beneath one end of the body portion 70, as shown. The forward ends of the supporting plates 68 are spaced from the front wall 73 of the container 12 so that when the articles 58 are stacked within the container 12 the folded end portions 71 of the articles 58 will all be above the space between the front wall 73 and the forward ends of the supporting plates 68, and so that the folded end portion 71 of the lowermost article 58 will spring down against thil top of the bottom plate 66 and in front of the ejector plate 67, due to the natural tendency of the folded paper to resume its normal or unfolded condition. l'lhe- Front wall 73 of the container 12 is provided with a discharge opening 74 in front of the low ermost article 58, so that when the ejector l plate 67 is advanced in the direction of the arrow, the plate 67 will enter between the folded end portion 71 and body portion 70 of the louermost article 58 and engage the f! fold 72 therein and project the forward end of the article out through the discharge opening 74, from which position the article may be entirely withdrawn from the container 12 by hand.

The discharge opening 74 is normally closed by a door 75 hinged, at 76, to a part 77 of the casing 3 and hanging in the closed position and being returned thereto by gravity, after being raised by the forward end of an article 58 while being ejected.

To prevent the lowermost article 58, while being ejected from the container, from carrying with it any other articles 58 resting thereon, I provide a suitable brush 78 supf ported by a part of the casing 3 and having the lower ends of its bristles arranged a slight distance above an antifriction roller 79 carried by the bottom plate 66. The article 58 being ejected, passes between the roller 79 and the brush 78, the latter brushing over the top of the article being ejected and preventing others from being carried therewith.

The operation of the machineV briefly def scribed is as follows: Each time a true coin is inserted into the slot 32 the coin passes between the roller 29 and arm 30 and moves the arm 30 from the position shown in Fig. 3 to the position shown in Fig. 2, bringing the 'i tooth 39 into position over the tooth 40, as

shown in Fig. 2.y Then, as the operating part 14 is depressed by hand, the tooth 39 engages the tooth 40 and causes the operated member 15 to be depressed with the operating member 14. As the member 15 moves downwardly, its rack 23 turns the gear segment 22 and shaft 21 and causes the gear wheel 63 to move the carriage 60 in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1 and thus causes the ejector plate 67 to eject the forward portion of the lowermost article 58 out through the discharge opening 74, from which the article may be entirely withdrawn from the machine by hand. When the operating 'f member 14 has been depressed suHiciently to member 14, the roller 29 moves up from the arm 36 and its pin 35 and the coin is thus permitted to fall from the pin 35, as shown in Fig. 5, to the bottom of the chamber-13. `lust before the operating member 14 reaches I@ the limit of its upward movement, the arm meiner 28 engages the beveled portion 52 of the.

latch arm 46, as shown in Fig. 5, and moves the latch arm to disengage the tooth 51 from the tooth 48, whereupon the spring 2O raisesy -weight or insuficient diameter to operate the machine is inserted into the slot 32, the false coin will pass to the arm 30 and roller 29 and rest upon them or between them and upon the pin without moving the arm 3Q suliciently to engage the tooth 39 thereof with the tooth 40 of the operated member 15. Thus, when the operating member 14 is depressed by hand, the operated member 15 and consequently the .ej ecting mechanism for the articles 58 will be unaected thereby, and the false coin will be discharged into the chute 54, asy the operating member moves downwardly, as previously explained.

It will be observed that the machine or apparatus is broken away at the left hand side of Fig. 6. This is to indicate that the maj chine may be made any desired length and that any number of separately operative coin-controlled dispensing devices may be arranged side by side and included in Aone inclosing casing.

I claim:

1. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating part, a movable operated part, an arm pivoted to said operating part, and a coin-engaging roller carried by said operating part adjacent to said arm, said arm and said roller being adapted to receive a coin between them, said arm being movable in a direction away from said roller 'from an inoperative position to an-operative position, and said arm operatively connecting said parts when it is in the operative position.

2. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating part, a movable operated part, an arm pivoted to said operating part, and a coin-engaging element supported adjacent to said arm and having a coin-receiving grooveprovided with diverging walls,

the groove 1n said element and said arm being adapted to receive a coin between them, said arm being movable in a direction away from said element from an inoperative to an operative position, and said arm operatively connecting said parts when it is in the operative position.

3. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating part, a movable operated part, an arm pivoted to said operating part, a coin engaging element supported adjacent to said arm, said arm and said element beingI meiner adapted to receive a coin between them, said arm being adapted to be swung from an inoperative position to an operative position by the weight of a coin, and said arm operatively connecting said parts when it is in the operative position, a pin extending from said arm in a direction away from said elementI and an adjustable weight on said pin.

4. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating part, a movable operated part, an arm pivoted to said operating part and movable from an inoperative position to an operative position by the weight of a coin, said arm having a longitudinal coinreceiving groove therein V-shaped in cross section, and means to guide a coin to the groove in said arm, said arm operatively connecting said parts when the arm is in the operative position.

5. In a coincontrolled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating part, a movable operated part, a coin-engaging element carried by said operating part, and an arm pivoted to said operating part and depending from its pivot and having a coin-receiving groove provided with diverging walls, the groove in said arm and said element being adapted to receive a coin between them and said arm being adapted to be swung from an inoperative position to an operative position by the weight of the coin, and said arm operatively connecting said parts when the arm is in the operative position.

6. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating part, a movable operated part, a coin-engaging element carried by said operating part, a p ivoted arm carried by said operating part depending from its pivot and adapted to swing toward and Jfrom said element, said arm and said element being adapted to receive a coin between them and said arm being adapted to be swung from an inoperative position to an operative yposition by the weight of the coin, said arm operatively connecting said parts when the arm is in the operative position.

7. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating part, a movable operated Y part, an arm pivoted to said operating part, a coin engaging element supported adjacent to said arm, said arm and said element being adapted to receive a coin between them vand said arm being adapted to be swung in a direction away from said element from an inoperative position to an operative position by the weight of the coin, and means located below the space between said element and said arm for supporting a coin within said space, said operating part being 35 movable independently of said means, said arm operatively connecting said parts when the arm is in the operative position.

8. ln a coincontrolled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating part, a movable operated part, an arm pivoted to said operating part, a coin-engaging element supported adjacent to said arm, said arm and said element being adapted to receive a coin between them and said arm being adapted to be swung in a direction away from said element from an inoperative position to an operative position by the weight of the coin, and a coirr` ysupport carried by said operated member ried by and movable on said operating part from an inoperative position to an operative position adapted to engage said operated part when the operating part is moved downwardly, said arm resting normally in its inoperative position, a latch arm provided with means to engage and prevent upward movement of the operated part to its normal position, andmeans carried by operating part for actuating said latch arm to release said operated part when the operating part is moved upwardly.

10. ln a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a vertically-movable operating part, a verticallyrnovable operated part movable downwardly from a normal position, yielding means holding said operated part in said normal position, an arm pivoted to said operating part and movable on its pivot by the weight of a coin from an inoperative position to an operative position adapted to engage said operated part when the operating part is moved downwardly, said arm resting normally in its inoperative position, a latch arm provided with means to engage and prevent upward movement of the operated part to its normal position, and means carried by said operating part for actuating said latch arm to release said operated part when the operating part is moved upwardly.

11. ln a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a vertically-movable operating part, a verticallymovable operated part movable downwardly from a normal position, yielding means holding said operated part in said normal position, a coin-engaging element, an arm pivoted to said operating part and depending from its pivot and adapted to swing toward and from said element, said arm and said element being adapted to receive a coin between them andsaid arm being adapted to be swung by the weight of the coin from an inoperative position to an operative position adapted to engage said operated part when thel operating part is moved downwardly, a latch arm provided with means' to engage and prevent upward movement of the operated part to its normal position, and means carried by said operating part for actuating said latch arm to release said operated part when 'the operating part is moved upwardly.

12. In a coin-controlled apparatus, thel combination of a supporting frame, a vertically-movable operating part, a verticallymovable operated part movable downwardly from a normal position, yielding means holding said operated part in said normal position, a coin-engaging element carried by said operating part, an arm pivoted to said operating part and depending from its pivot and adapted to swing toward and from said element, said arm and said element being adapted to receive a coin between them and said arm being adapted to be swung by the weight of the coin from an inoperative p0- sition to an operative position adapted to engage said operated part when the operating part is moved downwardly, a latch arm provided withv means to engage and prevent upward movement of the operated 1 part to its normal position, and means carried by said operating part for actuating said latch arm to release said operatedpart when the operating part is moved upwardly.

13. ln a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a vertically-movable operating part,a verticallymovable operated part movable downwardly from a normal position, yielding means holding said operated part in said normal position, a vcoin-engaging element, an arm pivoted to said operating part and depending from its pivot and adapted to swing toward and fromsaid element, said arm and said element being adapted to receive a coin between them and said arm being adapted to be swung by the weight of the coin from an inoperative position to an operative position adapted to engage said operated part when the operating part is moved down-v ried by said operating part for actuating said latch-arm to release said operated part when the operating part is moved upwardly.

14. In a coin controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a vertically-movable operating part, a verticallymovable operated part movable downwardly from a normal position, yielding means holding said operated part in' said normal position, a coin-engaging element carried by said operating part, an arm pivoted to said operating part and depending from its pivot and adapted to swing toward and from said element, said arm and said element being adapted to receive a coin between them yand said arm being adapted to be swung by the weight of the coin from an `inoperative poment of the operated part to its normal position, and means carried by said operating part for actuating said latch arm to. release said operated part whenthe operating part is moved upwardly.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aiixed my signature this 11th dayof August A. D. 1914.

' v OTTO JAEGER. Witnesses:

W. Y. IRWIN, WM. L. FLOOD. 

